Categories Technology

Pixar Animation Behind the Scenes

Have you ever wondered how the amazing animated movies such as Up, Cars, Finding Nemo, Toy Story and many more are created from beginning to end by Pixar? We at Autodesk are always amazed at what customers like Pixar do with our technologies and tools. Pixar uses many…

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Categories Reality Capture

Autodesk ReCap and Leica Webinar Sept.1

Just a heads up and reminder for those that use laser scanning and heard of the Autodesk Leica announcement and how they may be working together. Accurate by Design: Learn How to Streamline Point Cloud Workflows with Leica ScanStation P16 & Autodesk ReCap Register Now: https://us.gep.autodesk-services.com/registration/41909   There…

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Categories Misc.

Throwback Thursday – SolidWorks 95

SolidWorks 95 from the mid 1990’s and developed for the mighty Windows 95 platform. I have this package and CDROM in my collection of classic computer design tools. While this is not an Autodesk developed tool it is a classic for some in the mechanical engineering and design…

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Categories Announcements

Autodesk University 2015 Registration Open

Start your AU engines get making your pitches to your management and register early for discounts and the best class selections. In only 97 days Autodesk University Las Vegas will kick off and over 10,000 will descend on Vegas to learn, network, and be inspired and blown away!…

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Categories Design

Engineers Guide to Drinks on Display in Everhart Museum

The Everhart Museum currently has an exhibition on Prohibition and has included the infamous Engineers Guide to Drinks Drawing framed on the wall. I will be releasing the 3D DWG version of this drawing very soon thanks to the hard work of a volunteer named Robert Lupo. The…

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Categories Announcements

12 Year Blog Birthday

Yes, It seems like only yesterday but it has been millions of hits to thousands of pages of content and comments since this blog was started 12 years ago today. First blog post in August 2003:Getting the feel for this Blog I want to say a sincere thank…

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Categories Funny

I am Not an Alien with a UFO

OK the jury might still be out if I am an alien life form, or not. Last night I had a funny out of this world experience while practicing and testing flight control technologies with an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) at dusk in NW Portland’s Cathedral Park. The…

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